AN: Duskrider- When I first started this story I had no idea what the plot was going to be so honestly I don't know who Jason is going to become. Red Hood was who he was because of everything that he went through which included being beaten to death and brought back insane and also a little brainwashed by Talia depending on which origin story you read but I do have ideas, also I don't know if any of these names have been used in other stories I read a lot so I might unintentionally steal a name and not even realize it, one name is Redbird I'm not very happy with that one though, another is Jayhawk or I might even go with your suggestion of hunter but it doesn't fit in with the whole bird theme of the Batfamily so I don't know yet, I'm looking for other things that deal with hunts and birds that I can use as a name, drop suggestions if you have them. Jason isn't going to have the same story line as canon, I'm not gonna kill him off and have him go crazy, Danny might slaughter someone if that happens.

This chapter did not want to be written, I rewrote it like four times and I'm still not happy with it.

Chapter 11

Tim was trying not to laugh at the look of frustration and concentration on Jason's face. He was currently attempting to tie his tie in the fancy knot that Tim had showed him earlier and even though Jason was able to pick up nearly everything that he was taught, he still struggled with being comfortable in clothes that cost more than his rent.

Danny always reassured him that everything was fine and Jason had gone to visit his mother earlier that week. She was clean that was obvious and struggling a bit, he could tell by the bags under her eyes but she seemed happier, they were able to have a whole conversation without her being side tracked or getting lost in her dazed mind from when she was drugged up but she wasn't putting on weight either. She might be clean from all the drugs but she wasn't healthy and without the drugs clouding her he could see how sick she was but for just a day he had his mother back and he got to tell her how good everything was going and she told him how proud she was of him and of the fact that he was making a better life for himself he couldn't bring himself to regret going to Danny.

Jason scowled at his reflection in the mirror, he didn't look like himself, there was no grease on his cheeks or dirt in his air, no torn and mismatched clothes, he looked so different, the fact that he looked older flashed through his mind for a moment, he had more meat on his bones and his cheeks were rounder, he was healthier in the time that he had spent with Danny but he was different as well. He wasn't just Jason Todd anymore and a part of himself didn't want to assimilate into this lifestyle because then he would forget where he came from and when he told Tim that the younger boy shook his head.

"Danny never forgot where he came from and neither does Dick, this may be their home now but that doesn't change who they were before, it's the same for me. We can't forget where we came from but this place, the manor, this is where we become so much more than we believed that we could be. I never thought I'd be Robin, or that I could even try to be a hero but here I am and look how far you've come. Remember this is a mask as well, who we truly are that's who we are when you're with Danny and Artemis not these people, they might not care but B and Danny do."

Jason nodded his head and squared his shoulders, he wasn't here as Bruce's ward or adopted son, no those titles belonged to Danny and Dick. He was here as Danny's ward, it was kind of strange to think that Danny could technically be his father because he was his guardian but he liked to think of himself as his little brother and while technically that had made Bruce his Grandfather it didn't change the fact that legally speaking his guardian was Danny while Tim was here as his friend and representing the Drake family while Bruce tried to figure out a way to deal with the less than stellar Drake parents without a custody battle.

Bruce would win given enough time but that would put them under a microscope and he would make an enemy of Janet Drake and honestly he would rather go a few rounds with Talia than deal with that viper of a woman. Tim liked to believe that Mother was simply a dragon who would devour her enemy's whole and it was not worth the headache to deal with that willingly.

Tim just told Bruce to leave well enough alone, that if he went and prodded the hornets nest then they would have to deal with the fallout but leaving his parents to their own devices while they ignored his existence worked for him, it allowed him to do his own thing here in Gotham without anyone poking their nose into his business and now that he had them taking care of him then technically he wasn't getting neglected anymore. Bruce didn't like it but he did see Tim's point and agreed to let it be until he could find a better solution.

Dick had become accustomed to the madness that was the media when it came to the Wayne family, however there were going to be several announcements which were going to shock Gotham to its very roots and while he wished that Bruce wouldn't throw this many stories at the media at the same time, he couldn't help but agree with the whole, give them everything at once then put the house on lockdown and let them say whatever they want plan they had going because the truth was, the sooner there were no more secrets to hide the better. The media would be so busy covering what they had announced that no one would have time to creep around their other lives too much and it would give them some breathing room. Besides if they had enough rumours to be chatting about then they wouldn't have any time to come up with any lies that could possibly cause a problem in the future.

Danny liked to believe that by this point he was desensitized to the media and their bullshit, during his time as Phantom they hounded him and made him into a villain, as a Wayne he was seen as some sort of angel trying to save the world, a genius who made billions before the age of 18 or just another lucky orphan who Bruce Wayne adopted or the air head 'Brucie' was the lucky one for finding the genius kid, either way he was just done with the media, his girlfriend on the hand seemed to be freaking out and Danny was at a loss on how to help, mostly because he still wasn't getting what she was getting so worked up about, seriously, was this a girl thing? He was sure that Dick brought his friend Barbara, should he go get her or ask her for some advice?

He sighed, if he was this hopeless now, he was definitely getting dumped and this time it would be all his fault for being clueless. Artemis looked over at her boyfriend and saw the look of complete loss and confusion and she really wished that he wasn't so easy to read sometimes but it was Danny so it was really easy to read him if you knew him, he wore his emotions on his sleeve and if you knew him well enough then you would know how to read him.

"Artemis, what's wrong?" asked Danny and she ran her hand down the beautiful green dress he bought for her.

"I'm nervous." She admitted and Danny just raised an eyebrow as she started to rant about how she wasn't a high class girl and everyone would know that she didn't belong here in this house, wearing a dress like this and acting like some sort of princess, it just wasn't who she was, she was a rough and tough independent person not a china doll and they would notice how she didn't fit in at this place as soon as they looked at her and Danny just smiled until she ran out of steam.

"Feel better yet?" he asked and she nodded, it did feel better getting everything off her chest and Danny pulled her in for a hug.

"Just remember that the only one that actually grew up in this circus was B and Tim but he doesn't really count because he isn't very well socialized. The only people who matter here are family and they all met you and they already love you so they don't matter and Barbara is here and you know her so you do have a friend here if you need someone to cover you."

Artemis did actually feel better knowing that Babs was here, they were friends from school and even though she wasn't part of their night life she was trustworthy and cool and she had experience in this so she could always hide behind her if things were starting to get a bit much for her, Alfred even promised to smuggle her out if she needed a breather however she was determined to make it through this even though she was going to have to grin and bear it.

If she ducked out she was sure that it would be like a failing a test from Batman, this was him testing her and she knew it, this wasn't any ordinary gala, this was a big thing and if she could cope here then she would pass some sort of test which one she had no idea because no one ever knew what Batman was thinking but she just didn't want to mess this up.

Bruce and Dinah were ready to unleash the hounds of hell, they both knew that once the press saw her all hell would break loose, she was wearing a loose dress however it was obvious to see her belly bump which could only mean one thing which was obviously pregnancy. They glided down the large staircase, Danny followed with Artemis on his arm, followed by Dick and Barbara, followed by Jason and Tim.

The next day there were several different headlines on several different newspapers but nearly everyone published about how Gotham's Prince had been tamed and was expecting a baby with his girlfriend, Danny and Artemis made the cover of a magazine as they danced, Dick, Jason and Tim had been seen smiling and clapping in the background, there was even a shot of Dick and Barbara as she whispered something in his ear and there was speculation about what their relationship status was currently or could be in the future, there was an article on Jason which mentioned his friendship with Tim, there was so much family drama happening that the fact that Bruce Wayne was now a Trillionaire wasn't so surprisng, all in all they had successfully given the media enough stories to satisfy them for a good couple of months or at least until the baby was born and they had the gender which would once again give them something to speculate about, no one in the manor cared, they were all too busy being passed out after the exhausting bloody party.

The Team was hanging out in the cave. It was a few days before Christmas and it was one of their more relaxing days when they didn't have a mission and instead of being bored they were enjoying the down time. Danny was not someone that Zatanna or the others knew very well however they did know that Artemis was dating him and Megan was currently reading the article where her friend featured on the front cover.

Wally was glaring at the cover, trying to set it on fire with his stare. He liked Artemis and he knew it even though he had desperately tried to deny it and here was the proof that she was dating someone else, someone that none of them knew very well, that Batman trusted and he was some sort of Hero. He made a comment about Danny once and Dick glared at him, saying that he didn't understand how powerful Danny truly was and that he really didn't want to know. Wally still didn't believe that he was powerful, he hadn't seen proof so he didn't believe it.

He made a couple of digs at Artemis and her relationship with Danny but then Dick got mad at him because that was his brother and Wally wasn't being fair so he just kind of dropped it even though he still didn't like it. The rest of the team didn't really have anything to say, Megan and Zatanna were still getting close but it was obvious to see that the two girls seemed to be happy that she was happy and that was enough for them.

Tim on the other hand was fiddling with one of Danny's new wrist thingies, he knew that Danny was making some sort of weapon for Jason, something about a crossbow that can be fitted at his wrist but he wasn't very sure or at least he thought so until one of the spikes went off and nearly took his toe off, his cry of surprise also alerted Danny to the fact that someone was in his lab so he showed up and took the device away while guiding Tim out of the place where he liked to blow things up, muttering about how this was not safe environment for him and he definitely shouldn't be in there without someone to watch over him.

Danny takes tiny Tim to the kitchen and they make cookies because B and Dinah are baby shopping, Dick and Jason are bonding, seriously the two of them barely had a relationship and Danny refused to let Jason hide behind him and Tim, he needed to spend more time with Dick, he had more experience in Gotham and being a Wayne and being on the team, all things that Jason could take advantage of and learn something.

He was going to be very disappointed when he finds out that they spent all their bonding time gossiping about who was in a relationship with who in both the Justice League and the team and Jason figured out that Dick had a crush on Zatanna and was totally waiting for an opportunity to blackmail the older the boy. All in all Christmas passed peacefully and their relationships were all getting a lot better.

Which is why New Year was a total shit storm, Dick should have known that he would not get a quiet festive season, not with the life that he lived or the people that he lived with because seriously who in their right mind allowed a pregnant Black Canary to go to the Watchtower to wish everyone a Happy New Year and announce the pregnancy and get their well-wishers since nearly everyone was trying to figure out why she disappeared again and she ended up mind controlled.

When she arrived on the mountain Dick's heart nearly stopped when she let loose her cry and then Connor lost his shit because Megan got hurt and Danny put the poor boy down hard, his eyes flashing green and no one moved.

"She's pregnant morons. You cannot hit her."

The announcement had many eyes widening in horror and terror since she was still attacking them, wearing a maternity dress, honestly it was probably an image that was going to haunt their nightmares and give them a reason to go for even more therapy, not like they didn't have enough problems already.

Wally avoided her attack and cried out, "Well what are we supposed to do?"

Danny went ghost, shocking everyone but Robin and possessed her, when her eyes glowed green they all immediately piled onto sphere and left the cave.

"Can we figure out a way to contain her without hurting her, she's kind of our mom so this is super creepy especially since she's pregnant?"

Wally couldn't help but voice the question on everyone's mind, "Whose kid is it? I didn't know she was married. Wait how is she your mom?"

Dick rolled his eyes, "Its Batman's baby."

There was a choking sound coming from Wally and Artemis looked vaguely horrified by her boyfriend possessing his mother so Rocket wrapped her in a bubble and Danny got out of her. She was safe enough inside the bubble.

"Why don't you have a heartbeat?" asked Connor staring at Danny's ghost form.

He smirked, "This is technically my Hero form, I am at my most powerful in this and I have access to all my powers in this form and in this form I have no heartbeat. This is my ghost form."

Kaldur ignored Wally's cry of 'there's no such thing' and focused on the problem at hand. Several hours later with many bruises Wally finally figured out why Batman believed that Danny was powerful, he and Connor tag teamed and took down Superman, it was obvious that Connor wasn't going to beat him one on one so Danny and Connor took a few punches and then he encased him in ice that he couldn't break and administered the cure. Then Connor went to help Robin deal with Batman while Black Canary took a nap in her bed, because no one wanted to tell Batman that they nearly fought his pregnant girlfriend and when the clock struck midnight Danny pulled Artemis into a kiss and she would have sworn that she felt fireworks.